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- Bergqvist, Henrik, 1972-
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Agentivity and Status in Yukatekan languages
- 2011
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Ingår i: New perspectives in Mayan linguistics. - : Cambridge Scholars Publishing. - 1443824240 - 9781443824811 ; , s. 242-256
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- Bergqvist, Henrik, 1972-
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Complex Epistemic Perspective in Kogi (Arwako)
- 2016
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Ingår i: International Journal of American Linguistics. - : University of Chicago Press. - 0020-7071 .- 1545-7001. ; 82:1, s. 1-34
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The paper analyzes a form of epistemic marking in Kogi (Arwako-Chibchan) that positions information between the speech-participants from the perspective of the speaker. This form of epistemic marking is tentatively labeled “complex epistemic perspective” and is found with five prefixes that attach to the auxiliary verb. Relevant meaning contrasts are between speaker-perspective and addressee-perspective forms, which may in turn be separated into symmetric and asymmetric forms that signal shared and exclusive knowledge access. The meaning dimension of knowledge access is also subject to a private/public distinction that parallels the notion of “territory of information” (Kamio 1997; Heritage 2012) where information may belong more to one of the speech participants than the other. The analyzed forms thus share a core function in specifying two simultaneous perspectives as part of the referential ground (e.g. Hanks 1990; 2009). The paper builds on first-hand data collected in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta region of northern Colombia and offers the first comprehensive analysis of epistemic marking in the language.
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- Bergqvist, Henrik, 1972-, et al.
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Complexity in Egophoric Marking : From Agents to Attitude Holders
- 2017
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Ingår i: Open Linguistics. - : Walter de Gruyter GmbH. - 2300-9969. ; 3:1, s. 359-377
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The present paper considers attested variation found in egophoric marking systems in order to discuss the role of such variation for the defining features of egophoric marking viz. a speech-act participant's epistemic authority subject to his/her involvement in an event. Austin Hale's (1980) pioneering description of egophoric marking in Kathmandu Newar (called conjunct/disjunct by Hale) has largely shaped our conception of what such systems look like, but in recent years, research on comparable systems has revealed that egophoric marking systems vary with respect to every purportedly defining feature of such systems. The one remaining variable that appears constant is the epistemic authority of the speech-act participants. When attempting to analyze and compare egophoric marking, one should consider all relevant cross-linguistic variation in order to determine what features are defeasible, and which ones are not. In this paper we explore the range of participant-roles that can be associated with egophoric marking focusing on secondary egophoric markers that map onto undergoers, affected participants, and the attitudes of the speech-act participants. It will become clear that these less prototypical instances of egophoric marking bridge such systems to a seemingly unrelated grammatical constructions, known as ethical datives.
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- Bergqvist, Henrik, 1972-
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Epistemic marking and multiple perspective : An introduction
- 2015
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Ingår i: Language Typology and Universals. - : Walter de Gruyter GmbH. - 1867-8319 .- 2196-7148. ; 68:2, s. 123-141
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This paper discusses forms of epistemic marking that instantiate multiple perspective constructions (see Evans 2005). Such forms express the speaker’s and the addressee’s simultaneous epistemic perspectives from the point of view of the speaker, crucially relying on the assumptions of the speaker with regard to the addressee’s knowledge. The analysis of forms considers established semanto-pragmatic concepts, such as semantic scope, mitigation strategies and communicative intention (as marked by sentence-type) in the exploration of forms. In addition, the notion of knowledge asymmetry is discussed alongside the concepts of epistemic status and stance as tools for a semantic analysis of investigated forms
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- Bergqvist, Henrik, 1972-
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Evidentiality as stance : Event types and Speaker roles
- 2018
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Ingår i: Evidence for Evidentiality. - Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company. - 9789027200952 - 9789027263919 ; , s. 19-43
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The paper argues for a view of evidentials as a type of shifter and outlines a theory of reference for evidentials that separates the configuration of the ground from the relational axis, as well as the alignment between ground and figure. The paper also evaluates a proposal by Kockelman (2004) that draws on Jakobson’s notion of “event type” and Goffman’s “speaker roles” to suggest an existing analogy between “commitment events” for modals and “source events” for evidentials. The scope properties of ‘factual’ forms in both systems notably constitute a formal difference between (epistemic) modality and evidentiality that cannot be accounted for solely by the referential properties of evidentials.
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- Bergqvist, Henrik, 1972-, et al.
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Explorations of engagement : Introduction
- 2019
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Ingår i: Open Linguistics. - : Walter de Gruyter GmbH. - 2300-9969. ; 5:1, s. 650-665
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The paper explores engagement as a linguistic category by discussing its defining characteristics. Following work by Evans and colleagues (2018a, b), we discuss issues of scope and the intersubjective distribution of information, as central to the definition of engagement. In addition, we examine the notion of access as a crucial component of engagement marking and we attempt to distinguish access from epistemic authority, which we argue is a prerequisite for the existence of engagement as a linguistic category. Both access and epistemic authority appear central to an analysis of engagement marking, as found in the literature and in the languages of this Special Issue. From an interactional point of view, engagement may be viewed as a form of “stance” (Du Bois 2007), in that it primarily positions the speech participants with respect to talked about events from the point of view of the speaker.
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- Bergqvist, Henrik, 1972-
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Intersubjectification revisited : a cross-categorical perspective
- 2018
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Ingår i: Epistemic Modalities and Evidentiality in Cross-Linguistic Perspective. - Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter. - 9783110524192 - 9783110572261 ; , s. 319-345
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The article offers three illustrations of how the process of “intersubjectification” (Traugott & Dasher 2002) can be observed in the development of time deictics, person markers and sentence-type markers to encode aspects of the speaker’s assumptions concerning the addressee’s epistemic access to an event. First-hand data from Lakandon Maya (Yukatekan, Mexico), Kogi, and Ika (Arwako-Chibchan, Colombia) is discussed in order to offer a potentially more nuanced view of intersubjectification in language. While suggested in previous accounts of intersubjectification, the article argues that this process of language change only involves categories and expressions definable as “shifters” (Jespersen 1922), i.e. expressions that at the same time refer to aspects of the speech situation and the proposition.
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- Bergqvist, Henrik, 1972
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Seeing and knowing Direct evidentials revisited
- 2023
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Ingår i: Functions of Language. - 0929-998X. ; 30:2, s. 183-208
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The paper provides evidence against the claim that perceptual access is commonly encoded in direct evidentials. While visual, auditory, tactile and olfactory perception are conveyed by direct evidentials in contexts where such interpretations are appropriate, in others it is the speaker's involvement, affectedness and established beliefs which are conveyed. These may be exclusive to the speaker or shared by the addressee. Instead of information source, it is argued that some direct evidentials encode the speaker's epistemic authority regarding an event based on their primary relation to the event. Epistemic authority concerns the speaker's rights over knowledge and is therefore a relational concept that captures some of the dynamics between speech act participants in terms of knowledge representation and attribution. Support for this argument comes from the diachronic development of direct evidentials, the effects of co-distribution between direct evidentials and person marking (egophoricity), and patterns of use. Data comes from the literature on evidentiality and frequently cited languages from Tucanoan and Quechuan languages that feature well-described, rich evidential systems.
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